which direction to go with engine wiring in my swap????

TurboRWD · Post by **TurboRWD** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:58 pm

So, i've started a 4G63 swap in my starion, but i had a question. I have most of the mechanical parts figured out but i'm debating the electrical. I've completely guted the entire car, electrical and all. What my question is, is which direction to go with the engine wiring and management. Would you guys suggest getting the engine wiring and ecu from a DSM, or my other option i'm considering is getting a complete standalone such as a haltech and wiring it myself... I was thinking about the dsm link for tuning, but obviously that uses the diagnostics port. I figured it'd probably be easier to just do a complete standalone rather than deal with all of the factory 1G engine wiring, mas, ecu, ect...
Any help?

Post by **DJpowerHaus** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:25 pm

If its already gutted you should probably get a Painless harness (not just a fuse panel like I did) and a standalone and do it right. Wiring adds up fast. Probably would have been best just to leave the stock wiring harness in the car, but who am I to talk. All I know is that I"m not wiring a car up from scratch again.

peregrine · Post by **peregrine** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:47 am

get a pailess for the chassis and use the stock dsm FI harness for the motor. so easy even a caveman could do it

TurboRWD · Post by **TurboRWD** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:05 pm

yeah, it was my plan to get a painless wiring harness for the chassis, but i want sure about the engine. i guess the better route for the long run would be to custom wrie a standalone, especially considering i plan to add a large turbo and a bunch of injectors later on. But it if isnt too difficult, i might just use a dsm harness and ecu to get going initially.

Post by **DJpowerHaus** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:14 pm

With a good ECU you only need 4 big ones.